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On BTTB, Ryuichi Sakamoto's affinity for the suggestive qualities of the so-called Impressionist movement reveals itself through subtleties.

When you want weighty music for your weighty film, Ryuichi Sakamoto is the guy to call.

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What happens when one Brazilian music giant tackles another? Smooth sailing, that's what.

Inspired by their collaborative live performance, Sakamoto and Deupree create an elegant and sublime soundtrack for meditative mind.

An entirely improvised performance by two of the scene's avant-garde composers

2012 was another year of innovation and diversity in electronic music, but with the same artist as last year at the top of the heap after all was said and done.

As with Gohatto, Oshima's English-language debut features an exotic interloper who causes a sexual disturbance among an insular clique.

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